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To learn the English language properly, a proper understanding of tenses is very important. Let us find out the same in Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs (Tense Exercise-20)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms
1. My sister ……… him a dog for his birthday last week.
A. Bought
B. Buy
C. Buys
D. Buying
2. Janice…….. a horse when she went to the circus.
A. Riding
B. Rode
C. Climbing
D. Climb
3. She….. me a nice present.
A. Gave
B. Gives
C. Given
D. Giving
4. They…….. flying kites when the storm broke.
A. Was
B. Were
C. Did
D. None of the above
5. My sister …………hard for school recently.
A. Have been working
B. Working
C. has been working
D. Works
6. The results…….. better than I had expected.
A. Was
B. Will
C. Were
D. None of the above
7. Nobody was in the car, even though the engine was……….. .
A. runs
B. run
C. running
D. None of the above
8. I ……. into the garden to see what the children were doing.
A. Go
B. Going
C. Goes
D. Went
9. Marty was ……… just when his mother ……. into his room.
A. smoking, come
B. smoking, came
C. Smokes, coming
D. None of the above
10. She ……. an hour ago and hasn’t come back yet.
A. left
B. leaves
C. Is leaving
D. None of the above
ANSWERS
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.A
